Sonali Nikam takes tips from her beautician for TV show (TV Snippets)

Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) Actress Sonali Nikam, who will be seen managing a beauty parlour in the TV show “Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi”, is taking tips from her beautician.

“Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi” tells the story of a girl named Suman living with her two mothers-in-law.

“When I get a role that has a challenging task to do, I make sure I give my 100 per cent to master the art of it,” Sonali said in a statement.

“Knowing that my character needs me to manage a beauty parlour, I decided to get myself hands on to all the jobs and services they provide — from shaping the eyebrows to massaging. I also looked up few videos on YouTube and took assistance from my beauty artist to master it,” she added.

Composer Amit Trivedi, who has given music for films like “Aisha”, “Lootera”, “Queen”, and “Udta Punjab”, will be performing six of his raw renditions on “MTV Unplugged Season 6”. He will also play tribute to late singer Labh Janjua on the show.

Trivedi’s episode will be aired on Saturday.

“Aahatein”, “Sham”, “Gubbare”, “Shubharam” and “Love you zindagi” are some of the tracks that Trivedi will perform, apart from Janjua’s “London thumakda”.

“This is my second stint with ‘MTV Unplugged’ and it feels so good to be back on the show. The kick that you get when you sing the raw rendition of your songs is just phenomenal and cannot be explained,” Trivedi said in a statement.

“I performed on some of my favorite tracks on ‘MTV Unplugged Season 4’ and this time around too I am singing six tracks that are close to my heart. It was a joy going ‘Unplugged’ and I hope the audience likes it too,” he added.

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Shivangi Joshi’s mother helps her on ‘Yeh Rishta…’ set

Actress Shivangi Joshi, who is gearing up for her onscreen marriage in popular soap opera “Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai”, got emotional after watching her real mother helping her for a pre-wedding sequence on the show.

The cast of the show recently shot for Naira’s (Shivangi) ‘haldi’ sequence. For the same, Shivangi’s real mother helped her around on the set.

“My mother really enjoys being on set while I shoot. And most recently, with the wedding sequences being shot, she’s been around all the time helping here and there in every way possible,” Shivangi said in a statement.

“Recently, we shot for my ‘haldi’ sequence and I wasn’t even aware that she actually prepared the ‘haldi’ for the sequence. I was surprised at first, but later understood as I saw her enjoy with the crew helping them prepare for the sequence,” she added.

“Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai” is aired on Star Plus.

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Kunwar Amar suffers eye infection

Actor Kunwar Amar suffered from eye infection while shooting on the last day for TV show “Naamkarann”.

Kunwar was even taken to hospital, but returned to the set after a day.

“This was unfortunate, I had to roll down some tears during this action sequence, and seconds later, I had an excruciating pain, eyes turned red. We waited, but it got worse within minutes and they rushed me to a hospital.

“The doctors couldn’t figure the exact cause and every passing minute added to the pain,” Kunwar said in a statement.

He said the production team was supportive.

“They were accommodating, but we had a telecast issue and we couldn’t have waited for another day. They sent a car as I couldn’t drive or even keep my eyes open. Just an ugly side being an actor — you cannot afford to stay back and rest as huge production costs are involved. I’m going to have a few days to relax after ‘Naamkarann’,” he added.